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UNINA9910806206103321 |
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Titolo |
Society and culture in the slave South / / edited by J. William Harris |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-91185-8 |
0-203-31273-2 |
0-203-41592-2 |
1-280-32102-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 245 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slavery - Southern States |
Slavery - Economic aspects - Southern States |
Women - Southern States - Psychology |
Slaves - Southern States - Psychology |
Southern States Social conditions |
Southern States Economic conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-245). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE SLAVE SOUTH; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's preface; INTRODUCTION; Part I The Old South as a paternalist society; 1 THE FRUITS OF MERCHANT CAPITALThe slave South as a paternalist society; 2 WITHIN THE PLANTATION HOUSEHOLD Women in a paternalist system; Part II Masters and slaves; 3 AMERICAN SLAVERY A flexible, highly developed form of capitalism; 4 SLAVERY AND THE CIRCLE OF CULTURE; 5 THE MASK OF OBEDIENCE Male slave psychology in the Old South; 6 THE BLACK FAMILY AS A MECHANISM OF PLANTER CONTROL; Part III Women and men; 7 LOVE AND BIOGRAPHY Three courtships; 8 WOMEN AND THE SEARCH FOR MANLY INDEPENDENCE; 9 FEMALE SLAVES Sex roles and status in the antebellum plantation South; Further reading |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Combining established work with that of recent provocative scholarship on the antebellum South, this collection of essays puts students in touch with some of the central debates in this dynamic field. It includes |
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